Mahesh Agrawal is a visionary Pega solutions architect with a unique business strategy. His company, Areteans, doesn’t just digitally transform enterprises, it “co-creates projects.”
Mahesh makes it his “business to know your business.” This is why leading companies around the world rely on Areteans, the company he founded, to drive their digital transformation. The world’s largest and only pure-play Pega partner, Areteans reimagines the way enterprises operate by empowering them with a roadmap to excel in a digitally driven world.
Secret of Success
When he founded Areteans in 2015, Mahesh knew that digitalisation was not just the future of business, it would be a pivot of organisational success. He realised this long before Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI became engines of operational efficiency, and it was this foresight that has positioned the organisation as a global IT solutions company. Today, Areteans is the fastest-growing Pega partner to achieve the ‘Global Elite’ distinction, and is a part of the global, multi-billion-dollar Omnicom Precision Marketing Group.
If Mahesh could use just one word to describe the strategy that propels Areteans forward, it would be “innovation.” He says Areteans is not just driving the digital journeys of their clients, “we also co-create projects”. This approach has been a game-changer for the organisation. Mahesh elaborates, “Besides empowering our clients digitally, we engage in continuous business delivery, to find the next level of business optimisation that can be achieved. Ninety per cent of our customers have stayed with us from the beginning of our shared journey due to our continuous engagement with their business.”
Mahesh is a coding enthusiast and a Pegasystems architect of global repute. It is the deep domain expertise on which his company is built that defines its success.
Phenomenal Growth
Headquartered in Hyderabad, Areteans offers advanced, end-to-end Pega capabilities across Customer Engagement, Intelligent Automation and Customer Service. It helps enterprises reimagine applications, data and infrastructure in a time when digital innovation is reshaping business operations, customer experiences and partnerships. For Areteans’ clients, this transformative journey ultimately leads to uninterrupted business growth, increased profitability and sustained ROI.
Job Creation
Areteans’ phenomenal growth and expansion, and its enviable client roster, is attributed largely to Mahesh’s visionary stewardship. The company has offices all over the world and a robust team of over 800 professionals across geographies. Its rise has been swift and impressive, setting benchmarks in the IT solutions space. “We’re proud to be among the top five globally in terms of market share,” says Mahesh. “Over the next eight and nine years, our ambitious goal is to scale to half a million in Pega implementations worldwide, further solidifying our leadership and expanding our impact across the globe.”
But it’s not about cutting-edge technology and business acumen alone. Mahesh is a compassionate leader, who believes in encouraging people to discover their inherent excellence, a philosophy he has embedded in the organisation’s DNA. Now, he’s taking this inclusive approach to the next level. Mahesh has over two and a half decades of experience in the technology sector. He is a well-regarded thought leader known for his Pega expertise and innovative contributions to the industry. He has been honoured with prestigious awards such as the ‘Outlook Indo Global Business Excellence Award 2024 – CEO of the Year’ and the Influential ‘Leaders of India Award 2023’, presented by Marksmen Daily in association with Times Network, Business Standard and in Focus by Marksmen Daily magazine, he is also featured in the Fortune – India’s Best CEO’s issue.
Mahesh is an entrepreneur at heart. Armed with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University College of Engineering, Burla, Odisha, he founded Incessant Technologies in 2007 and served as its Chief Technology Officer and Global Head of Sales and Business Development. Earlier in his career, he worked with Wesfarmers General Insurance and Tata AIG.
Establishing an IT solutions company was a goal Mahesh set early on. Now, what could be more fulfilling than empowering others to achieve theirs?
